Garment-stay.



.Unirl'ln stains PATENT, ersten.l

DAVID SGHULER, OF'IVIEADVILLEv PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNO. TO THE SPIRLLA COMPANY,

OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

l GABlllENT- STAY.

No. easess i To vall whom it 'may concern: Be it known that I, DAVID SoH'ULnR, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford, in the State of Pennsylvania, havev `invented new and useful Improvements in Garment'-v Stays, of which the following., taken in connection with A the accompanying drawings, is a iull',v clear, ,and exact description. i v

This invention relates to the class ofV garment-stays l which are formed of interwoven coiled wires. And the invention consists in' an improved construction ofthe coiled wires and the arrangement of the coils in relation to eachother and the manner oi'tyingsaid wires to each other whereby a simple, strong and very eicient and convenient stay or stiffene'r for corsets other garments is obtained.' l

l The accompanying drawings, constituting part of this v application shows an enlarged face view of -a portion of a -in proximity to the edge of the stay as shown at d'- to impart to the gannent stay a' suiiicient stiffness to canse it to automatically resume. its normal shape as soon asitv The two Wires are interwoven bythe portions between the loops oi each passing'directly around" Specification-of `Letters .t'atent.

l Application filed November 30,1906. Serial No. 345,648.

?atented Oct.- 1.5, 190.7.

one side of the other wire and isolated trom the interiors of the loops, which are disposed diametrically opposite each other and bear on the outer sides oi the intertwined portions, e, as shown at -fand thus hold said' inter-y twined portions in tightly embracing positions. In this manner'the garment-stayI is formed withv al longitudinal central torsional spring, which, in conjunction with the l abutting loopsc-:c-' extending from opposite lsides of said spring, imparts to the saidgarment-stay a springaction which allows it to accommodate itself t the vasous strains it is subjected to bythe movements of the person wearing the garment, andreadily return toits normal s hapeas soon as it is'relieved from said strains.

l -tepresents one of the metallicltips, attached-to V 1 45A the ends ofthe stay t o protectthe garment from contact the end s of the wires. j What Iclailn-as my i1:ivention'is:-v

fThe.. improved garment V stay consistingof two spring wires, each formed into a rowv of flat loops partly lapping4 on each otherfin proximity vto the edge ofthe stay, the

loopsJ the loops of the two wires bearing on the outer sides of t-li'e intertwined portions and-holding the same in tightly embracing positions as set forth, and shown, g

Meadville, ra.; November is, 1906.

DAVID sCHnLnR.

Witnesses E. EJFowrlnml -I 1. M. R1cnMoND.

50.. 4portions betweenlthe loops being intertwined with the'corresponding portions lof the other wire by passing around. vone sidethereot, andv isolated from' the interiors of the 

